Monday, December 27, 2010

2010 year in fashion

The world of fashion is inherently memorable and dramatic, with its wealth of breathtaking creations, indelible images and personalities on parade. This past year gave rise to even more such moments. Style increasingly infiltrates all aspects of our lives: Shopping websites, mobile shopping applications and fashion blogs exploded. Celebrities of all stripes launched clothing lines, accessories or fragrances - and designers responded with lower-priced capsule collections. The Kardashians were unavoidable. Locally, the biggest fashion statement just may have been the ascendance of fearsome facial hair and the color orange as the San Francisco Giants progressed to the World Series, becoming heroes whose iconic style made headlines around the world. Here are some standout moments:

Jan. 25: Blogger Tavi Gevinson, 14, of Style Rookie, gets a front-row seat at Dior's Paris Fashion Week show, where her massive hair bow causes considerable consternation.

Fashion loses a visionary

Feb. 11: British fashion designer Alexander McQueen, 40, commits suicide a month before presenting his collection in Paris. Known for coupling British tailoring with French couture, he was internationally acclaimed for wildly imaginative clothing and fashion shows that doubled as performance art.

Feb. 19: Levi's collaborated with New York shopkeepers-cum-coolmakers Opening Ceremony for a Pantone-hued collection of cords and jackets, and rolled it off with a happening party.

'Mad' runway style

Feb 25: "Mad Men" TV fashions go international as Miuccia Prada focuses her fall 2010 collection on the early '60s sexy silhouettes and ladylike styles, inspired by the show's costume designer, Janie Bryant.

March 2: In a sign of San Francisco's retail significance, Bulgari opens a 13,000-square-foot West Coast flagship at Stockton and Geary streets on Union Square, with a caviar-and-Champagne party for 600 guests, attended by Nicola Bulgari himself.

 

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